01_Introduce MIMIC IV data

MIMIC IV

• Core: The core module contains patient tracking data. Demographics, hospital admissions, and in-hospital ward transfers are described here.

• Hosp: The Hosp module provides all data acquired from the hospital wide electronic health record. Information covered includes laboratory measurements, microbiology, medication administration, and billed diagnoses.

• ICU: The ICU module contains information collected from the clinical information system used within the ICU. Documented data includes intravenous administrations, ventilator settings, and other charted items.

• CXR: The CXR module provides lookup tables linking patient identifiers with MIMIC-CXR study_id and dicom_id, allowing analysis of patient chest x-rays with the associated clinical data.

Access to MIMIC IV

Researchers seeking to use the database must:

1. Become a credentialed user on PhysioNet. This involves completion of a training course in human subjects research.
2. Sign the data use agreement (DUA) for MIMIC-IV. Adherence to the terms of the DUA is paramount.
3. Follow the tutorials for direct cloud access (recommended), or download the data locally.

Download MIMIC dataset

References

https://mimic-iv.mit.edu/docs/ https://physionet.org/content/mimiciv/1.0/